TAKING A STAND: UNION HIGH COACH SUSPENDS ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM IN LESSON ABOUT CHARACTER

“We looked at it as a chance to say, ‘Hey, we need to focus on some other things that are more important than winning a football game. We got an emotional response from the boys. I think it really meant something to them, which was nice to see that it does mean something. There was none of them that fought us on it.”
Union High School head football coach Matt Labrum

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